Bettarazzi Posted May 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 *short attention span* I think I can give you a run for your money in the ADHD stakes. It's not true that you grow out of it. Oh wait, that just means I haven't grown up yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boughetto Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 bettarazzi...u asian? u sound like u have an accent of malaysian/ singaporean...correct me if im wrong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted May 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Malaysian. Been here 26 years. Would be fun to live there again for a couple of years. I'd spend the whole time breeding bettas of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boughetto Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 cool!!! im malaysian too!!! im from penang..where u from??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 wow... i thought slightly asian accent maybe, but boughetto you were smack bang on the money.. well done... Mike you should go back for a few... days... and on the way home you can bring back lots and lots of nice fishys for us all :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boughetto Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 hahaha..i know my ppl well...:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted May 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 cool!!! im malaysian too!!! im from penang..where u from??? PJ. Still have uncles, aunts and cousins there. Fantasising about a betta farm :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted May 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Mike you should go back for a few... days... and on the way home you can bring back lots and lots of nice fishys for us all I'd love to do that, believe me. But hang on haven't we already got Jodi-Lea doing that very same thing at Aquarama? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 but someone charges... where as because our plan was to steal them from thailand and bring them back in the special plastic made pockets that were going to put in your pants we wouldnt have to pay for them... although we'd have to video tape you going through the x-ray machine, it would be great for you tube. back to topic - hows this room coming along lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted May 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 You are soooooo norty! Watching the clock to see how long before the admins edit that last post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 what did i do wrong??? all i said was... i better not say it again just incase i do get into trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Em Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Don't worry Ned, I wanted to smuggle in little hermit crabs from Fiji when I was 9... before I knew anything about customs and so forth. They were literally ALL over the beaches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 see... nothing wrong with a little fishy or two.. or 4 (hundred). so hows this room lol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted May 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 The room is not going all that well. I've really only spent a couple of hours working on it since the weekend. The filing cabinet and wooden shelves have swapped positions. I decided to adjust the placement of the shelves and every one of them had to be unbolted and the whole thing assembled again. Took me 2 hours!! There a helluva lot of stuff out in the hallway. I had to bring some of it back in so we had a tiny amount of room to move in the rest of the house. Bit embarrassed about how long this is taking but here goes I know the pictures are bad. I think I should have just left the camera on auto! I hate the shelves under the window. I'm hoping I can shove them in the roof space. Some of the books made it back onto the bookshelf Can't use the desk anymore I hate the curtains as well. I think I'm going to get rid of them in favour of blinds. Although I wonder if curtains keep the cold out better than blinds. Those windows aren't exactly weather-tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 Michael, do you mind if I split the lighting discussion into a new thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted May 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 Not at all, please go ahead and split it. I did pause for a moment before I posted it, wondering if it was worth a new thread or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 Done! New thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted June 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2007 Very slow progress on this room. Since the last update I've attached lights to the wooden shelves and sorted through a couple of boxes of junk. Still lots more to go. The customised tank stand is a no go. Too expensive. Twice as much as I originally thought and I already thought it was going to be expensive. In a way this is a good thing because it's made me rethink how big a setup I really need. I'm thinking less is more at the moment. I was originally wanting to be able to house 4 simultaneous spawns ie 4 sets of breeding/growout tanks, 4 sets of juveniles barracks, plus room for adult males and females, and the ability to expand into killies and guppies. Now I'm thinking ditch the guppies, don't worry about the killies for a while, and only handle one spawn at a time. But I still need another set of shelves. Ikea had a fairly robust shelving series called Gorm. The shelves have a load capacity of 50kg. But it's been withheld from sale because of some quality issues. So Ikea are Gorm-less for the moment. ( there's just no limit to my comic talents). I need to find something that will allow me to expand and contract my setup as required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 those bloody Gorm-ies of today, i tell you what... ohh that sucks about the shelves though, geez it sounded like a massive set up... but sometime is better then nothing and im sure youll get there one day!! Just keep on keeping on and keep us updated on the room. a few more boxes and she'll be apples mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted June 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 I actually had a fairly satisfying evening in the fishroom. I've attached lights to the shelves, attached powerboards, suspended an airpump, got airline going into everything that needs it. I've even got some gentle bubbling in the unfiltered 4 litre tanks which hold my breeder males. I decided the heaters were not very efficient relying only on convection so I've put a little bit of movement in there, just enough to let the heaters know when it's getting cold. I've done water changes. Setup a new spawning tank. It's a bit on the small side but never mind. Moved some of the tanks off the desk and onto the shelving where they're meant to be. This means I've got a little more room on the desk but it's too hot in there to use the computer anyway so I've been using my laptop everywhere but the fishroom. I just need to solve the problem of heating the brineshrimp hatchers and then I can stop heating the entire room. Feeling quite buoyed at the moment. Now still need to tackle the junk boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted June 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 Yay! I found some shelves at Bunnings. They are uncannily similar to the Ikea ones. But cheaper. Same 50kg load capacity per shelf. I'll spend the rest of the weekend (and probably part of next week as well) putting a protective coating on it. Wish I didn't have to but you know, water spills etc, probably not a good idea to leave them completely raw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 what are the shelves made of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted June 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 Pine I think. They've these big bolts that attach the shelves to the posts. And they don't bow if you don't exceed the load. 50 kg is equivalent to two 18" tanks which is what I've been using as breeding tanks. They're very similar to the ones I already have. There's a photo in Post #39. Those ones were treated with Estapol Matt and Scandinavian Teak Oil. I'm going to use some wipe on polyutherane stuff on the new ones. I think they might come out a similar colour because it says on the can the "some ambering will occur with lighter timber". We'll see. This is the most tedious part of getting raw wooden furniture of any kind. It's also going to need about 3 days to dry properly. I definitely don't want them in the fishroom until the chemicals are completely dry. I've got enough problems in there at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 dont you need to clean the mess before you start filling it with new mess lol? wow shelves are a good idea, im using an old computer desk atm, how much were they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted June 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 dont you need to clean the mess before you start filling it with new mess lol? Huh? What do you mean? I don't understand? Is that why my room is always messy? Nah, must be something else.... wow shelves are a good idea, im using an old computer desk atm, how much were they? They were $53 for the basic starter kit which has 4 shelves. Holds 200kg. That's 8 x 18" tanks! OMG I hope the floor can take that load! I actually got 2 starter kits and added the corner shelves as well. It'll mean I won't have to bolt it to the wall. Wouldn't want 200kg of fish tank toppling on anybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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